by Greg Fisher
18. May 2011 12:25
SynergEyes has just announced that the company’s newest silicone hydrogel hybrid contact lenses (called Duette) has been prescribed to over 3,000 patients in the US since the launch of the product on 1 January 2011.
According to Vice President of Global Marketing for SynergEyes, Kellie Kasburg, the Duette represents a shift of the hybrid contact lens technology from the treatment of patients who have irregular corneas to vision correction in general.
The technology combines rigid and soft materials; the centre is made of a rigid gas permeable (GP) material (providing excellent visual acuity), while the skirt is made of a soft silicone hydrogel material (providing exceptional comfort). The Duette also uses a special, patent-pending technology (called HealthyEyes), increasing the lens’s wettability and making it more resistant to protein deposits.
Because of its rotationally symmetric design, the Duette also eliminates soft toric lens problems; the lens’s optimised lacrimal layer decreases aberrations and improves optical performance. The lens is available in sphere powers of +4.00 to –12.00 D and can correct up to 6.00 D of corneal astigmatism.
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